Oral history interview conducted with Lyman T. Johnson on May 6, 1976 by Dwayne Cox. Mr. Johnson, a civil rights activist and educator focuses on Johnson’s involvement in the effort to integrate the University of Louisville and the University of...

Oral history interview with Lattimore Cole conducted on November 26, 1977 by Dwayne Cox. In this interview, Mr. Cole discusses his early education in Louisville, working for his father’s newspaper the Louisville Leader and describes what it was...

Oral history interview conducted on May 9, 1979 with Frances Smith by Mary Bobo. Mrs. Smith, a former nursing home owner and administrator discusses her childhood in Russellville, Kentucky, moving to Louisville at age twelve to tend to an aunt,...

Oral history interview conducted with Louise Reynolds on June 13, 1979 by Mary Bobo. Louise Reynolds was the first African American woman elected alderman in the city of Louisville. Ms. Reynolds discusses her work with the Republican Party,...

Oral history interview with Mrs. Amelia Ray, conducted on August 25, 1978 by Kenneth Chumbley. Mrs. Ray discusses her early life and upbringing in Tennessee as well as her life in Louisville. Mrs. Ray moved to Louisville in 1934 and attended...

Bills and Hill discuss their experiences working for Louisville Metro Planning Design Services. They explain zoning and land development codes in Louisville as well as the Cornerstone 2020 Comprehensive Plan and give their personal views on fair...

Ms. Hinko covers many issues related to fair housing and discusses her role as the executive director of the Metropolitan Housing Coalition. Topics include public housing, zoning, protected classes, public transportation policies, and the...

Ms. Howard was a supervisor and planner at the Louisville & Jefferson County Planning Commission. She describes her role there and relates some memories of her experiences. Ms. Howard gives her thoughts on the relationship between zoning and...

Housing; Housing--Kentucky--Louisville; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Discrimination in employment; Busing for school integration--Kentucky--Jefferson County; Housing Choice Voucher Program; United States Department of...

In this interview, Johnson discusses his varied background, including involvement with the NAACP, the Louisville Community Action Agency, the West End Community Council, and his ultimate employment as the executive commissioner of the Kentucky...

In this incomplete recording, Carolyn Miller-Cooper discusses her educational and professional background and how she came to be executive director of the Louisville Human Relations Commission. She briefly discusses racial violence and zoning as...

Housing; Housing--Kentucky--Louisville; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; African Americans--Social conditions; Busing for school integration--Kentucky--Jefferson County; Citizens for Equitable Assignment to School...

Dr. Minnis describes his background as a scholar and a leader in social justice. He speaks at length about the merging and desegregation of the Louisville and Jefferson County school districts.

Ms. Wallace speaks at length about the Fairness Campaign, including a description of its structure and its role in the community. She discusses the decision to include transgender discrimination in Fairness and the process of passing...

In this incomplete recording, Ms. Brown discusses her official duties while at the Louisville Metro Human Relations Commission and her additional volunteer work. She also describes her memories about the passage of Louisville’s sexual orientation...

Housing; Discrimination in housing; Social justice; Busing for school integration--Kentucky--Jefferson County

In this incomplete recording, Ms. Young discusses her experiences as executive director of the Louisville and Jefferson County Human Rights Commission. She describes the role of the HRC in the community and some of its successes.

Mr. Reid describes his duties as the Louisville Metro Housing Authority’s chairman of the board and his goals as such. He relates his experiences during the civil rights movement of the 1960s and his arrest as one of the “Black Six” in 1968.

Mr. Mansilla discusses his role as executive director of the Americana Community Center in Louisville. He explains some of the challenges faced by immigrants and refugees, including housing-related issues. Other topics covered are banking, ethnic...

This Honor Quilt was made by Helen Barnthouse, a dear, quiet little lady who moved to the small hamlet of Elkton, Oregon when her husband retired some fifteen year [sic] ago. They came from the San Diego, California area and have a small farm on...

Immigrants--Kentucky--Louisville; Louisville--History; Italians--United States--History--20th century; St. James Catholic School (Louisville, Ky.); St. Xavier High School (Louisville, Ky.); Catholics; Catholics--Education; University of Notre Dame;...

Congressman Romano L. (Ron) Mazzoli, interviewed by Kevin Collins on May 14, 2010 as part of the Romano L. Mazzoli oral history project. This is the first of 17 interviews conducted with the Congressman, who represented the Third District of...

"Each of the ceramic plates adorning the table in this installation was individualized. In this photograph, the Georgia O'Keeffe plate on the right owed something of its original design to her Black Iris paintings of the mid-1920s. The plate...